I don’t remember when I was exposed to NYC Midnight and their writing competitions, but 2019 was the first year I took part. The initial tale was a comedy, and I will narrate that in a future video, but first I wanted to create the audio for my second entry in 2019’s first round, Letters.
For those unaware of the competition NYC Midnight randomly assigns each writer a genre, a location, and an object (at least for their flash fiction competition). My group’s prompt for the second challenge was a historical fiction, taking place at a school dance, and featuring a photo album.
For a hot minute, I didn’t know what I was going to write about. Fortunately, deadlines have a wonderful trait of sparking your imagination. It took me a sometime, but in sort order I had a rough idea etched out, and while my daughter was practicing volleyball, I spoke with my dad and told him what I was thinking about. Despite his initial reservations, I stuck to my guns and crafted the tragedy I had planned out.
After submitting the story, I posted it on the writer’s forum for review by the contestants. And the feedback was incredible. Everyone who commented talked about how the story impacted them.
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Have a wonderful day my friends!